Spatiotemporal changes in aridity of Pakistan during 1901–2016

Ahmed, Kamal; Shahid, Shamsuddin; Wang, Xiaojun; Nawaz, Nadeem; Khan, Najeebullah

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3081-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3081-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3081-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

Research article

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19 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 19 Jul 2019

Spatiotemporal changes in aridity of Pakistan during 1901–2016

Kamal Ahmed, Shamsuddin Shahid, Xiaojun Wang, Nadeem Nawaz, and Najeebullah Khan

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RC1: 'Comments on the manuscript by Ahmed et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', wang xiaojun, 29 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Review of Spatiotemporal changes in aridity of Pakistan during 1901-2016', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', wang xiaojun, 29 Apr 2019
RC3: 'Report for hess-2018-642', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3', wang xiaojun, 29 Apr 2019

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (29 Apr 2019) by Nadia Ursino

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (30 Apr 2019) by Nadia Ursino

AR by wang xiaojun on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Jun 2019) by Nadia Ursino

AR by wang xiaojun on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

The long-term changes (1901–2016) in annual and seasonal aridity in Pakistan and its causes are analyzed in this paper. Gauge-based gridded precipitation and PET data are used to show the spatial and temporal patterns of the changes in aridity over the diverse climate of the country. The present study suggests that the relative influence of precipitation and temperature on aridity determines its trends in the context of climate change.